Distribution: Endemic to Australia; north
Queensland, southwards and around southern Australia, to south-western
WA, including Tasmania.

Habitat: Lives in the lower littoral and down
to at least 150 m; uncommonly found in beach washup.

Comparison: This is identifiable by the
relatively tall, conical, almost straight-sided shell, the varix before
the outer lip and orange spiral bands. But the varix is variable in
strength and is often absent, and the orange bands are absent in the
majority of shells, resulting in plain shells which are fairly
nondescript in character.

Remarks: The growing edge of the last whorl
is thin and fragile, and usually broken away after the low varix. There
is some variation in size and shape of shells, with northern specimens
being larger and more slender.